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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March 23, 1907. 
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a century 
, U. S. A. 
W alnut Hill, March 16.—'The regular weekly com¬ 
petition of the Massachusetts Rifle Association was held 
at its range to-day, with a goodly attendance of shooters, 
the pistol contingent being especially well represented. 
in spite of the warm weather, the snow has not yet 
disappeared from the range, and the glare of the strong 
sunught was particularly trying to the eyes of the con¬ 
testants, especially at the pistol targets. 
Shooting conditions were poor early in the day the 
wind being extremely unsteady; but shortly after noon a 
giadual improvement was apparent and good scores 
resulted. 
Charles led the long range match with a fine score 
01 tj £ nd 3 go , od ™argm over the next man. 
• .1 ■k" ivF uc H s £C °res of 216 were good for first place 
in the offhand match, although A. Niedner was a close 
second with 215. 
Several good pistol and revolver scores were made 
Adams leading with 93, made in the medal match, 
the scores: 
Offhand practice match: 
H E Tuck.20 22 23 21 20 23 22 20 21 24-216 
..... 21 23 23 23 19 23 25 21 20 19—216 
A Niedner . 24 23 23 23 18 19 22 22 19 22—215 
T „ T , 16 22 25 24 23 23 20 19 20 19—211 
J E Lynch... 22 17 20 19 20 22 25 22 18 23—207 
Rest practice match: 
E E Patridge. 
Honor target: 
.12 11 12 12 11 10 11 10 1 12—113 
J E Lynch. 
Military practice 
match : 
Capt. (j. H. Dickson. 4 4 
4 
5 4 
4 5 
4 4 4—42 
5 4 
4 
4 3 
5 5 
4 4 4—42 
Long range rifle 
match, 1000 yds.: 
W Charles . 
5 
5 5 
5 5 
5 5 4_48 
F Daniels . 
4 
4 3 
3 5 
4 5 5—43 
5 5 
4 
5 5 
2 4 
4 5 3—42 
E E Patridge . 
. 4 4 
3 
5 4 
3 5 
5 3 5-41 
A VV Chester. 
.. 3 4 
5 
3 5 
5 3 
4 5 3—40 
Pistol medal match: 
S B Adams. 
. 8 8 
9 
9 9 
10 10 
10 10 10—93 
7 8 
9 
9 10 
9 10 
8 10 10—90 
10 10 10 10 10 
8 9 
8 9 6—90 
W Mortimer . 
. 9 9 
7 
8 10 
9 9 
9 9 10—89 
W A Smith. 
. 10 9 
8 
8 10 
9 9 
7 9 7—86 
M '1 Day. 
. 7 8 
8 
9 9 
9 6 10 10 10—86 
C F Lamb. 
. 10 6 
6 
9 9 
7 10 
6 10 10—83 
H E Comey. 
8 10 8 
7 8 
9 8 8-81 
All-comers’ oistol 
match: 
Louis Bell. 
. 9 8 
8 
8 9 
10 10 10 S 9—89 
10 9 
9 10 8 10 8 
7 8 10—89 
E B Hawkes. 
. 9 8 10 
8 10 
7 10 
8 10 8-88 
B T Smith. 
. 8 10 
6 10 8 
8 10 
8 9 10—87 
S 10 
7 
9 8 
7 10 
8 10 10-87 
T Carlson . 
. S 7 
7 
8 9 
9 7 
9 9 10—84 
F Carter . 
7 
6 9 
5 10 
9 10 8—83 
Military revolver medal match: 
E B Hawkes. 555554555 5—49 
5 45555545 5—48 
T Carlson . 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5—49 
444555555 5-47 
W A Smith. 445555455 4—46 
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Dupont Rifle Association. 
W ilmington, Del., March 16.—The following scores 
were made on the Dupont range this afternoon. Weather 
conditions fair, but with stiff wind blowing across range. 
Rifle, 200yds.: 
J W Hession .10 9 10 
9 10 10 
S J Newman. 9 10 
T 
J 
K 
8 8 
8 9 
F McCafferty. 9 8 
W Scott. 9 9 
10 7 10 
10 9 10 
K V Casey. 8 6 8 
4 10 7 
9 9 
9 7 
7 8 
9 10 
6 
7 7 8 
9 10 10 
7 7 7 
6 8 10 
7 9 10 
8 8 7 
9 5 9 
8 8 6 
9 10 
8 10 
•9 7 
7 10 
6 8 
7 7 
8 9—86 
9 10—93 
7 7—75 
7—77 
4— 74 
6—75 
6—80 
6—77 
9—91 
5— 71 
6— 75 
Accounting Department cup match.—Rifle, 100yds., 4in. 
builseye: Naudain 40, Hooge 62, Albright 81, Sharp¬ 
less 36, Goudy 54, Cobb 59, Shellenberger 50, Lankford 
41, Marghetic 45. 
Pistol, 50yds.: 
I du Pont . 10 8 7 8 10 10 10 8 10 9—90 
10 9 9 8 10 9 10 7 9 10—91 
L du Pont . 9 10 7 10 10 10 5 8 8 9—86 
88998999 10 10—89 
„ 10 8 10 * 9 10 9 8 10 10—90 
H Blanchard . 10 10 10 9 9 6 8 7 9 10—88 
Robelen . 81 83 85 
[ Hession, it will be observed, was not satisfied to have 
Scott carry the range honors for any length of time, and 
the 93 is now the top score. There is going to be an 
interesting race between these two marksmen during 
the coming season. Plession shoots a .38-55 Stevens rifle, 
double-set trigger, 6 power Stevens telescope. His load 
is 18grains Sharpshooter, balance of shell filled with 
Cream of Wheat; 308-grain Hudson bullet, cast 1.15. 
Scott is using a plain trigger .38-55 Winchester, which 
makes his 91 a score not to be sneezed at. His bullet 
is a modification of a Schalk, 300 grain straight taper 
design, which fits closely in a much worn barrel. 
H. B. McCollum, Sec’y. 
National Rifle Association. 
The president of the National Rifle Association of 
America has received the following letters in response 
to invitation by him to Mr. Root and Mr. Taft to become 
life members of the Association: 
The Secretary of State. Mr. Root, writes: 
“My Dear General Drain: 
“1 have received your letter of Feb. 20. I inclose a 
check for $25 to the order of the National Rifle Asso¬ 
ciation of America, and apply to become a life member. 
"1 he objects of the Association are of the greatest im- 
